The Faded Sun Trilogy

By: C. J. Cherryh

Narrated by: Paul Woodson

All three books in C. J. Cherryh's epic The Faded Sun trilogy - Kesrith, Shon'jir, and Kutath - collected in one volume.

They were the mri-tall, secretive, bound by honor and the rigid dictates of their society. For aeons, this golden-skinned, golden-eyed race had provided the universe mercenary soldiers of almost unimaginable ability.

But now the mri have faced an enemy unlike any other - an enemy whose only way of war is widespread destruction. These "humans" are mass fighters, creatures of the herb, and the mri have been slaughtered like animals. Now, in the aftermath of war, the mri face extinction.

It will be up to three individuals to save whatever remains of this devastated race: a warrior - one of the last survivors of his kind; a priestess of this honorable people; and a lone human - a man sworn to aid the enemy of his own kind. Can they retrace the galaxy-wide path of this nomadic race back through millennia to reclaim the ancient world that first gave them life?

©2000 C. J. Cherryh; The Faded Sun: Kesrith copyright 1978 by C. J. Cherryh; The Faded Sun: Shon'jir copyright 1978 by C. J. Cherryh; The Faded Sun: Kutath copyright 1979 by C. J. Cherryh (P)2018 Tantor

favourite book now available

I've always loved this omnibus and had a couple paperback copies I would read time and again. this audiobook version is just as good as if I read it myself. I'll almost certainly be listening to this one again and again.

Creatures of the Herb

I’ve loved Faded Sun since I first picked it up over 20 years ago. This audiobook is equally good.

The summary, however has one very funny misspelling, as my review title shows. The book is awesome, but the people writing the book summary clearly thought that the Mri were defeated by the human’s use of rosemary and bay leaves.

An old favorite perfectly narrated.

Wonderful to reenter these worlds and hear CJ Cherryh's beautiful prose narrated so well. The experience was even better than I hoped and I was very very hopeful. I will treasure this.

Great ride. Well performed

Enjoyed the whole story. The performance was nicely done and gave identity to the characters.

I adored every moment

Cherryh brings me always to the edge of amazing places and remarkable people. The Mri are just that; remarkable and their culture embracing a caste system that seems more equatable than anything currently existing on the planet Earth today.